The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-16

"IOllHu lS ~ DC DTOkeU To-Day LOT otTauSc
& Raab's new brick tobacco factory. Hill
c. Linthicum, of Durham, has the contract.
Several persons from a distance have
| been in town this week prospecting with a
view To coming here to engage in business.
| The GOLD LEAF invites all good citizens.
| The Carolina baseball club has re-organ-
lied and say they will play any club in the
State. The grounds have just been put in
| good condition and the boys will soon be In
| fine trim as they propose to practice up
we'll.
| We want a CORE pondcnt and agent at
every pOst-Otfice in Vance county to send
| US the news take subscriptions and repre-
sent the GOLD LEAF. Write for terms, and
| help Us in building up the industries Of this
| county, and in maxi < paper that will be
worth thrible the subscription price.
| The price of Tobacco is increasing some
! what, business among our merchants is
growing better, more people are at work
now, money is little more plentiful, and
everything indicates an improved condi-
| ton of things. That Henderson is about
to step upon a higher plane of prosperity
no longer admits of doubt
The colored Hook and Ladder fire COM
pany from Raleigh, had an excursion to
Warrenton Monday. When near Warren
Plains the excursion train was run into
| by freight train and five persons were in
! iured none of them seriously. Gray
! Washington, head waiter at the Marlboro
| House, was the most severely hurt, sus-
tanning a bad flesh wound on the leg.
We hardly need to call attention to the
large and we'll displayed advertisement of
S. & G. Watkins, which appears in this issue
Such bargains as they are now Offering in
all lines Of summer goods this community
has not before seen the like Of. They have
an immense stock on hand and propose to
offer every inducement to buyers in order
to reduce same to make room for other
goods.
The proposition made to revoke the order
that the execution of the negro Taborn at
Oxford next Saturday be public, brought
up before the Board of Commissioners of
Granville county at their regular June
meeting, was lost by a vote of 3 tO2. So the
people of Oxford are to have grand co
free exhibition thrust upon them, no mat
ter how much their sense of decency may
be outraged thereat.
Young Ben Kivett, son of Mr.. A. J.
kivett Of Henderson, dangerously stabbed
| Buxton Williams, son of Dr.. Buxton Will
liams of Oxford at that place Monday
night, the result of bOyish frolic. Young
Williams is in critical condition, and
Kivett is under thousand dollar bond for
his appearance at court. The boys are
about sixteen and fourteen years old
respectively. The affair is to be deplored.
At the risk of again being made the butt
of joke at the hands of our good friends
of the Ne1os, the bachelor editor of the
GOLD LEAF ventures to offer a few sugges-
tons this week ON the subject of 7'unss'.sng
chiLdreEa. 1t is not only the privilege, but
the duty, of public journal to deal with
living questions, and as the GOLD LEAF
seeks to be a live, wide-awake paper it
aims to do with whatever tends to pro-
mote the public good, morally, intellect
ually, commercially and materially.
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| MONEY.-IIighest cash price for wool
! and shclled corn, by 5. & G. WATKINS.
Leading i'll low prices for good goods.
> june 9, 40.
THE TOBACCO CRoP.-The outlook for
the tobacco crop is by 10 means encourag-
ing Aside from the fact that the acreage is
much reduced this year the stand is poor
and the crop will be cut shorter still
Competent Judges who have been over the
country in this and adjoining counties, as
we'll as the counties of Virginia along the
Roanoke, tell us there will not be more
than from one-half to twO-thirds of a crop.
All silk mitts 23 Cent and 81 cents per
pair, at the Racket Store.
You WANT TO SHAvE.-Oscar the Bar
Der, over Smiths drugstore, has the neatest
and best fitted up shop in town, and enjoys
a good run of custom. Polite, attentive,
and ever obliging, il IS a pleasure to have
him wait on you. lie is one of the best
tonSorial artists in town, and no one has
things nicer around him. If you want a
shave that will make you look and feel as
fresh as a daisy, give Oscar a call, and if
the art tOnsOrial, remember that his shop
| Is Tie place 10 WISH.
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A GOOD UOTEL.-One of the best hotels
in the South is the new Purcell, in Nor
folk, b. 4. Brown & Co., proprietors.
While the table fare is all that could be
desired and the appointments of the estab-
lishment in every way becoming a first
class house of the kind, the charges are
reasonable, whether by the single meal ri
for a longer time. The Purcell is head
quarters for North CarOlinians, and Mr.
Brown writes us that he will offer extra
inducements to those who go down on the
big excursion July 18th.
How to save money is a problem that
has been exercising the minds of house
keepers for ages and every new problem
lest of the many problems presented fel
saving money can be solved by any one
purchasing groceries and provisions at ii
Thomason'S store, opposite Cooper's ware
house.
CAN YOU FILL THE BILL ?-The COLI
LEAF wants correspondent at every post
Office in Vance county. To such persons as
; will serve lis in this capacity we will fur
nish stationery and stamps, and send g
copy of the paper free We want the new.
our readers desire to know what is going
, on in the county. Fights, fires, deaths
births. marriages, the condition of the
crops, religious services, debates, barbe